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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Apr 21, 2011

Center Studies Safer Cars for Kids
U.S. News & World Report
Since 2005, the injury center has been the host organization for a National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/University Cooperative Research Center called the Center for Childhood Injury Prevention Studies, or CChIPS. This designation refers to ...
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Potential of cancer breath test studied
NHS Choices
The study was carried out by researchers from Technion – The Israel Institute of Technology – and Rambam Health Care Campus in Israel. Funding was provided by the European Commission. The study was published in the peer-reviewed British Journal of ...
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Tech Professor Examines Science and Sex
Patch.com
Colatrella is a professor of literature and cultural studies at Georgia Tech, and co-director of the Georgia Tech Center for the Study of Women, Science and Technology. In addition to signing book copies, the author will give a brief discourse about ...
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Liverpool Hope University works on £3.2m energy research project
Liverpool Daily Post
The research is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council UK and the Indian Department of Science and Technology. Prof Chris Atkin, director of graduate studies and research at Hope, said: “To be part of a successful ...
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Sangamo Biosciences' Game Changing Technology
Seeking Alpha
It may appear that these companies are being propelled forward effortlessly, but their dramatic advancements took visionary leadership, years of preparation, and finely focused research and development. Apple (AAPL) is a perfect fit to this technology ...
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Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 7–20 April 2011
SciDev.net
More>> Scientists have found high levels of toxic compounds along the West African coast, in a study based on several years of research and published in Environmental Science & Technology. The production of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), ...
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SciDev.net
The science behind the speed of Advil Liqui-Gel
Philippine Star
Pfizer's Research and Development Team harnessed the technology of liquid ibuprofen for the new Advil Liqui-Gel and almost tripled the rate at which ibuprofen can be absorbed by the body. A third-party pharmacokinetic study conducted in Australia ...
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Jesse Ausubel elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Rockefeller University Newswire
Ausubel studies environmental science and technology and industrial evolution. For over three decades he has worked to elaborate the vision of a large, prosperous society that emits little or nothing harmful and spares large amounts of land and sea for ...
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The Rockefeller University Newswire
UNK honors faculty, staff for excellence, retirements
Kearney Hub
The retirees were John Anderson, political science; Susan Frerichs, Police and Parking Services; Larry Kuskie, industrial technology; Marlene Kuskie, counseling and school psychology; Lil Larson, communications; Mary Ann Lawson, business and technology ...
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Lonestar 4 Supercomputer Will Boost Research
Data Center Knowledge
The system, which came online last week, replaces the previous Lonestar system that supported The National Science Foundation's TeraGrid network for almost four years. The TACC is also home to the Ranger supercomputer, which in 2008 was the world's ...
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Data Center Knowledge
FOR KIDS: Big fish in troubled waters
Science News
In these 200 studies, researchers counted and described all the different types of life in small oceanic ecosystems. Christensen presented the team's findings in February at the 2011 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in ...
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Icy Moon Zaps Saturn with Electron Beams
Newswise (press release)
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, DC The ultraviolet imaging spectrograph team is based at the University ...
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Study links desk jobs to bowel cancer risk
NHS Choices
The authors say that research suggests that prolonged sitting may increase the risk of some chronic diseases, including colorectal cancer. However, these previous studies did not take into account how much recreational physical activity people also did ...
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Metro students meet professional standards at Biosphere
Delaware News
Metro, a Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) school that draws its students from 16 partner districts in Franklin County including Columbus City Schools, sent the students to study and work with scientists at the University of ...
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Science Says: Small Quakes Indicate Deadly Patterns
NuWire Investor
One day, he hopes to carry the knowledge from his Cal Tech studies back home, where it can be applied in the quake zones. Yang is from Guizhou Province, and has studied at the Institute of Earthquake Science in Beijing. He is convinced that his field ...
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Tanzania: Arusha College Strives for Excellence
AllAfrica.com
FOR any person who visits Arusha Technical College (ATC) today he/she may not doubt that the institution is indeed striving to become a centre of excellence in training, research and consultancy in science and technology. You pass around the college ...
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No internet from midnight, institute wants students to rest
Hindustan Times
Staying connected is going to be a problem for students at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-D) from the coming academic session. The institute has decided to prohibit use of internet in the hostel between midnight and 6am. ...
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Villanova University's College of Engineering Launches New Center of Research ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Three university studies into the science of bioretention funded by The Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology. An exploration of how pervious concrete and porous asphalt – both alternatives to conventional paving ...
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Green Jobs and Red Tape: Assessing Federal Efforts to Encourage Employment
Heritage.org
I am Research Fellow in Energy Economics and Climate Change at The Heritage Foundation. The views I express in this testimony are my own and should not be construed as representing any official position of The Heritage Foundation. ...
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Seven inducted into S&T Academy of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Missouri S&T News and Research
Seven civil engineers with ties to Missouri University of Science and Technology were inducted into the Missouri S&T Academy of Electrical and Computer Engineers during the academy's induction ceremony held on campus April 14. ...
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Report: Smart Grid Not Smart When It Comes To Cyber Attacks
International Business Times
The report, titled "In The Dark: Crucial Industries Confront Cyber Attacks," was jointly produced by McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Forty percent of information technology executives at critical infrastructure ...
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International Business Times
Research plan to stem brain drain
The Canberra Times
Federal Science Minister Kim Carr issued a new National Research Work-force Strategy yesterday which seeks to bolster new science recruits to meet future demand, make research training more relevant and increase the country's research workforce in the ...
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A way around bleeding?
Thoroughbred Times
Now, more new science offers even more hope, along with an explanation as to why some trainers around the world do not seem to encounter bleeding problems to the extent that we do in the United States. For at least a decade, our own research has ...
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VTT speeds up drug development with more advanced microarray technology
CisionWire (press release)
We have used the method especially in breast cancer and prostate cancer studies,” explains Juha Rantala, a research scientist at VTT and the founder of the method. The primary benefit of the method is that it allows such a large number of samples to be ...
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Gordon Chesterman
Recruiter
On a misty late winter afternoon, science and technology employers strain as they try to catch the eye of the next wave of brilliant new talent to walk through the door at the University of Cambridge's University Centre. Armed with brightly branded ...
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Recruiter
USC Research Shows Critical Role Of Placenta In Brain Development
Medical News Today (press release)
This technology can incorporate genetic models of human disease, and could lead to targeted therapies that treat the mother without affecting the fetus, or vice versa. "The findings by Dr. Bonnin and his collaborators open the door for future studies ...
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Charter school to open next fall
Reno Gazette-Journal
A charter school that would emphasis science, technology, engineering and math education is poised to open next fall. The STEM-focused school will open in Sparks, and is the result of a quest to better prepare students for careers in technology and ...
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Varsities advised to develop people-centred ICT systems
IPPmedia
Justinian Ikingura said inauguration of the college had come at the right time because it would indulge seriously in new and emerging technologies. “The college will serve as an ICT hub for research, technology incubation and product development by ...
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Neurelis Announces Completion of Dosing in Study of Intranasal Diazepam
PR Newswire (press release)
Through the collaboration with the University of Minnesota and James Cloyd, PharmD; Neurelis has partnered with the leading experts in clinical research of the nasal delivery of benzodiazepines. Results from this important study are expected in June. ...
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Molycor Adds Two More Experts and Kemetco Research for Tami-Mosi
Stockhouse
He has carried out studies of possible alternate fuels such as bio-diesel and comparing alternate diesel engines versus gas driven pumps, improving the efficiency of gas turbine operations, energy efficiency improvements of electrolytic cells by proper ...
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Thomson Reuters announces senior appointments - 20 Apr 2011
Knowledgespeak
The four titles include the Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent, edited by Thomas C. Hunt; the Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication, edited by Susanna Hornig Priest; the Encyclopedia of Geography, edited by Barney Warf; ...
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ARIAD PHARM : ARIAD Announces Three Exclusive Out-License Agreements to ...
4-traders (press release)
Clontech expects to expand the utility of the ARGENT Regulation Kit program by combining it with its other core research technologies including its LivingColors ® fluorescent proteins and Lenti-X? viral expression systems, and by expanding access to ...
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A potentially dangerous step
Thoroughbred Times
TT: Are there any ongoing studies to develop a better shoe for the Thoroughbred racehorse? Moyer: "Perhaps not in the classic sense of pure research, but there are several ongoing studies to develop a better method of protecting the horse's foot. ...
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A More Human Virtual Crowd
MIT Technology Review
The study, which appears in this week's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was inspired by previous research that used eye-tracking data to determine how people predict the trajectory of an airborne ball in order to catch it. ...
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MIT Technology Review
Autism Now: Dr. Craig Newschaffer Extended Interview
PBS NewsHour
Whereas in genetic studies, once the human genome was worked out, you could target more specific areas of research. DR. CRAIG NEWSCHAFFER: It's interesting, and I think there are some analogies. How to begin at this? ...
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PBS NewsHour
NIH Updates Its Strategy to Combat Obesity
Genetic Engineering News
The '04 plan offered its own set of themes—essentially, broader and interrelated goals for what NIH should achieve in obesity research. This included studies on preventing and treating obesity through lifestyle modification as well as pharmacologic, ...
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Genetic Engineering News
Latitude Study Finds Access to Mobile Information Plays Important Role in ...
PR Web (press release)
Latitude helps clients create engaging content, software and technology that harness the possibilities of the Web. The study asked regular drivers from Boston and San Francisco to give up their cars for one week. Participants in the deprivation study ...
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PR Web (press release)
Symposium to focus on reprogramming, stem cell fate
University of Wisconsin-Madison
The sixth annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium, Reprogramming and Controlling Stem Cell Phenotype, will be held April 27 at Madison's BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute. Talks by leaders in the area of cellular reprogramming will focus on ...
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Students win prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
University of Delaware
They are all winners of the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship. The prestigious fellowship includes a three-year annual stipend of $30000 along with a $10500 cost-of-education allowance for tuition and fees, opportunities for ...
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Wide world of equine disease
Thoroughbred Times
As a result, several studies have been undertaken to understand the nature of the organism and how it invades the mare's reproductive tract." EPM is not that simple. "Good surveillance requires an accurate diagnostic test that can give you a ...
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Global Harvest Initiative Publishes Policy Issue Brief Addressing the Need for ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Subsequent GHI issue briefs will address trade, development assistance, science-based technologies, and private investment. The issue brief released today and more information about GHI can be found at http://www.globalharvestinitiative.org. ...
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Needed Now: A Re-Mediated Education Blueprint to Improve Retention and ...
Campus Technology
This may be because the learning model prevalent in higher education is behaviorism, a theory of human learning far from current theories based on studies carried out in a number of fields of inquiry (psychology, anthropology, social science, ...
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Wound Management Technologies President Writes Letter to Its Shareholders ...
PR Newswire (press release)
You can read through numerous evidence-based studies on the www.celleraterx.com website. CellerateRX® is FDA cleared for all wound types except for 3rd degree burns and is available in both powder and gel form. The products have HCPC codes for ...
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USCC: CHINA'S PROGRAM FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - IWS Documented ...
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New Pollutants Found In Peregrine Falcon Eggs - Science News ...
The international research team for this study was led by Begoña Jiménez ... All of the eggs were analyzed by her during her exchange studies at Environment Canada. ... Environmental Science & Technology 45 (4): 1284-1290, January 2011. ...
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